Scientific truth was going to make us so happy and comfortable. What actually happened when I was twenty-one was that we dropped scientific truth on Hiroshima.
Kurt VonnegutYou can't help it but you were born without a heart. At least you tried to believe what the people with hearts believed — so you were a good man just the same.
Kurt VonnegutPeople should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.
Kurt VonnegutFor some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused by germs which loved nothing so much as a mucous membrane.
Kurt VonnegutTrout was petrified there on Forty-second Street. It had given him a life not worth living, but I had also given him an iron will to live. This was a common combination on the planet Earth.
Kurt VonnegutThe First Amendment reads more like a dream than a law, and no other nation, so far as I know, has been crazy enough to include such a dream among its fundamental legal documents. I defend it because it has been so successful for two centuries in preserving our freedom and increasing our vitality, knowing that all arguments in support of it are certain to sound absurd.
Kurt Vonnegut